Yes, the skills and experience that come with age don’t count for much because that is not what a company is looking for anymore. A company is looking for potential and street smarts instead of experience and wisdom. Age stereotypes in this article are that a forty-eight year old worker cannot do as much as a twenty-eight year old worker. It is not the case. Just because a twenty-eight year old worker will work 70 …showed first 75 words of 292 total…

…showed last 75 words of 292 total…there are no decent jobs for them to get, and they have families, bills, and responsibilities. If I were to give advice to some one who was in their 20’s I would say to keep going to school, find a trade, or a skill that no one can take away from you. If I were giving advice to someone in their 40’s I would tell them to “hold on loosely but don’t let go.”